Mineral Point vs Ridgeway

A side-by-side comparison of Mineral Point and Ridgeway: population, income, housing, and more.

Mineral Point and Ridgeway are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mineral Point has the higher population (2,575 vs 599 in Ridgeway). Mineral Point has the higher median household income ($78,958 vs $71,563 in Ridgeway). Mineral Point has the higher median home value ($213,000 vs $175,500 in Ridgeway).

Population, income & housing

	Mineral Point	Ridgeway
Population	2,575	599
Median age	43.2 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,958	$71,563
Median home value	$213,000	$175,500
Median gross rent	$767	$903
Housing units	1,147	254
Homeownership rate	71.0%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mineral Point	Ridgeway
Population	2,625 → 2,575 (-1.9%)	664 → 599 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$52,283 → $78,958 (+51.0%)	$59,861 → $71,563 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$171,200 → $213,000 (+24.4%)	$140,200 → $175,500 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $767 (+1.3%)	$800 → $903 (+12.9%)

Mineral Point

Population

2,6252,575

Median household income

$52,283$78,958

Median home value

$171,200$213,000

Median gross rent

$757$767

Ridgeway

Population

664599

Median household income

$59,861$71,563

Median home value

$140,200$175,500

Median gross rent

$800$903

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mineral Point	Ridgeway
Under 5	3.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	20.8%	17.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.0%
25 to 34	9.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	17.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	6.2%
75 and over	7.7%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mineral Point	Ridgeway
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mineral Point	Ridgeway
No high school diploma	3.9%	5.4%
High school graduate	30.4%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mineral Point	Ridgeway
Drove alone	76.9%	82.2%
Carpooled	3.4%	7.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	8.6%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mineral Point	Ridgeway
1-unit, detached	76.0%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Mineral Point	Ridgeway
Poverty rate	4.7%	17.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1949	1979